Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-01-11
SWEET CORN FOR THE BOSTON
MARKET.

An occasional correspondent, w. ID.
Philbriek. writes a. follows to the Bos-
f0a Culi,rdiOr;
This delicious vegetable IL go easily
grown, and lts culture so well understood,
that I can hardly be expected 10 state
much that will De new 10 those Who grow
II. To produce corn early requires dry,
sanity loan with southern slope the land,
II s,ubble. should be ploved and then
rolled and mAnured brosdcAst with slx or
eight cords OF stable msnare per acre. and
then piowed agsln 50 ss 10 turn Under the
manurc. n The land is greensuard. II
will answer well 20 spread half The ms.
nare on the sod before plowing. and then
spread the balance. N nns. on the ploved
land, 20 bc narrowed In with disk bar
row.
EArly corn should be planted As early Ia
April I. The land will work mellow. III
covered lightly ani the bill OF drill 10
slightly raised above the general level. II
Will usually come NJ. even In very bad
weather, aud even u 10 gets Killed by frosts
Or rots and has 10 be rcplanted II VIII pay
better In the Avsr,ge Of many years TO risk
early planting.
It's an excellent practice TO psi spoon.
ful of gOod phosphate In The hlll well mixed
with the soil. or n the seed Il pui In by ma
chine 20 SOW . little along the rows sftsr
the seed l. In. Thls will give the young
corn q good start. which IL Important, e.
pccially with the early crop.
1.-THE land 10 tolerAbly free from stones,
snd N the sod has been well turned 90 as no,
10 leave loose sods on the surface. corn can
he handled entirely by machinery without
using The hand hoe 81 oil. To accomplish
thl. the seed must be sown In drills OF
exactly even distances spsri, and siraighti :
the machine should be gauged so az 10
drop about three seeds PER foot. The
culilvaior should be 90 constructed N 10
throw no earth Al the nrst and second
eulilvatlng. bat rua close 10 the corn; N.
terwards earth should be thrown up 10
the corn so a. 20 bury The small weeds be-
tween the stalks Four or eve eultivs,ions
will be needed. AMI II done often aud skil.
fally there will be no need OF The hand hoe
a. all.
with ysilow corn the smoothing harrow
IL run directly over The corn uniil u 10 sin
inches high. rAis could probably be done
With The later plsn,ings Of svee, corn,
which can be planted deeper than The ear
" plauiiugs. go a. As not 20 he easily torn
oui BY The harrow. and With which the
slight check given BY The harrow IL OF no
consequence.
Asto varieties, the Mnblehesd and The
COREY are both aboai equally early and
good. And come several days ahesi OF The
much superior Crosby. for later use
plAnt only The Crosby and Storells Ever
green. The latter males q heavy growth
of stalks, useful a. fodder. and requiring
more room 20 mature good ears. By
planting every Two weeks ull Jane %. one
can have sweet corn ~ for the table unill
hard frost comes. and ofien this means I'll
Oc. IS.
The earlier lots can bc cleared away In
early August ln tine % use the land for
Cat tarnips OF wintsr spinach OF 10 seed
down 20 grass. In fact, spinach or grass
may be sovn 10 September amer some OF
The later lots. n desirable.
Sweet corn 1. rather bulky crop 70
handle II usually sells early In The sea
500 Al tveniy % twenty-five cents per dot.
en- ears a. wholesale. or 81 sboui - 10 - -
per barrvl. ior 10 requires about sixteen
doten % small early corn 10 oil . barrel.
Of ihe later varieties ten OF twelve dozen
nll barrel. Ani The price ls ofien ~ low
a. a. per barrel Sweet corn oftsn Yields
siOO 20 si5O OF even $500 per acre. and
bslug easily produced Il fairly profitable
on farms within fneen miles OF good
market. II will not bear transportation
well for long distances, coming a. 10 does
a, The hottest season OF the year AMI heat.
Ing readily 10 the barrels. stu q good
deal % early corn comes 10 our market
from Providence. X. I. and from Long
Island, y. Y. week or ten days In AL
vance of anything grown nearer 10 Boston.
Sweet corn for canning IL grown Almost
In the state OF Maine.